Mirror-support.



H. MEROVIGH.

, MIRROR SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1912.

' Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIQE.

HENRY MEROVICH, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

LIIRROR-SUPPOR-T.

Application filed April 20, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, :HENRY Mnnoviiorr, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and Stateof New Jersey, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inh'lirror-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mirror supports, the object ofthe invention being to provide a quickly detachable hinge mounting forthe mirror of bureaus, dressing tables, and the like pieces offurniture, which requires no removal of screws and which cannot workloose or become accident-ally disconnected.

A further object is to provide an improved device of this characterwhich is of extremely simple construction, comparatively cheap tomanufacture, and strong and durable in use.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangementsof parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a fragmentary view-in rearelevation illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2, is a view in elevationof one of the. improved hinge connections. Fig. 3, is a view in sectionon the line 33 of Fig. Fig. 4, is a view in section on the line 4-ft ofFig. 2, and Figs. 5, 6, and 7, are perspective views of the three mainparts of my improved device.

1, represents a mirror, and 2, 2, the upright supports of a piece offurniture 3, to which the mirror is secured by my improved hinge mounts.l/Vhen I use the term mirror, it is to be understood that this termincludes the wooden frame as well as the glass.

The hinge mounts at the sides are alike, except that they are rights andlefts, and the description hereinafter of one will apply alike to both.Each hinge mount consists of a bracket 3, and a plate 4 adapted to besecured to the mirror and support respectively and connected by a boltmember 5. Bracket 3, in its base, is provided with screw receivingopenings 6 to secure the bracket to the mirror at the end or sidethereof. Bracket 3 is made with an in- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,1913.

Serial No. 692,033.

tegral ear 7 having a relatively large opening 8 therein to receive abearing sleeve 9, the latter having a flanged outer end 10. This bearingsleeve is cylindrical in form and projects into an integral bearing 11on an car 12 forming an integral part of the bolt member 5, andpositioned at right angles to the main portion of this bolt member. Thisear 12, at the center of the hearing 11, is made with a relatively smallopening 13, and a headed screw 15 is projected through the bearingsleeve 9, and through the opening 13 and secured in place by a nut 16,by means of which the parts may be securely clamped so as tofrictionally hold the mirror in any position of its angular adjustment.

The plate 4 is provided with screw-receiving openings 1'? to secure thesame to the support 2,and this plateis provided on its outer face withan angular sleeve 18 hav ing an upwardly projecting ledge 19 at itsupper outer end.

The bolt member 5 above referred to has a restricted lower end 20adapted to enter the angular sleeve 18, and said bolt member is madewith shoulders 21 to rest on top of the angular sleeve back of ledge 19.These parts have a snug fit, so that the members are rigidly held whentogether. The lower end of the bolt 20 is provided with a spring 22, anda beveled block 23 is secured to this spring, and is adapted to engageunder the lower edge of the angle sleeve 18 to prevent any accidentalrelease of the bolt member.

By reference to Fig. 3, it will be seen that when the parts are innormal position, the shoulder block 23 will engage the lower edge ofsleeve 18, and the parts will be securely held together, yet permit themirror to move and remain in any position to which it is moved by reasonof the frictional engagement' of the parts.

When it is desired to remove the mirror, it is simply necessary to forcethe shoulder block 23 inwardly until it disengages the lower edge of theangular sleeve 18 when the bolt 20 can be drawn out of the sleeve 18,and the mirror thus quickly detached from the piece of furniture.

To replace the mirror it is simply necessary to position the bolts inthe angle sleeves 18 and force them downwardly, when the spring 22 willautomatically project the an-- gle blocks to securely lock the partstogether, when the bolt member is in its lowest position.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without departing fro-m my invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myselfat liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall withinthe spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a bracket adapted tobe secured to one article, a plate adapted to be secured to anotherarticle and having a sleeve thereon, a bolt member hinged to the bracketand adapted to enter the sleeve, and a spring held block on the boltmember engaging under the lower edge of the sleeve and normally holdingthe bolt member on the plate, substantially as described.

2. A. device of the character described, comprising a bracket adapted tobe secured to one article, a plate adapted to be secured to anotherarticle, a bolt member, ears on the bracket and the bolt member, saidears ha ving bearings therein. a bearing sleeve in said bearings, a boltprojected through the bearing sleeves, a nut on the bolt, and means onthe plate engaged by the bolt member secur ing the parts together,substantially as described.

A device of the character described, comprising a bracket adapted to besecured to one article, a plate adapted to be secured to anotherarticle, a bolt member, ears on the bracket and the bolt member, saidears having bearings therein, a bearing sleeve in said bearings, a boltprojected through the bearing sleeves, a nut on the bolt, and an angularsleeve on the plate adapted to receive said bolt member, substantiallyas described. is

i. A device of the character described, comprising a bracket adapted tobe secured to one article, a plate adapted to be secured to anotherarticle, a bolt member, ears on the bracket and the bolt member, saidears having bearings therein, a bearing sleeve in said bearings, a boltprojected through the bearing sleeves, a nut on the bolt, an angularsleeve on the plate adapted to receive said bolt member, and meanslocking the belt member in the angular sleeve, substantiall asdescribed.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a bracket adapted tobe secured to one article, a plate adapted to be secured to anotherarticle, a bolt member, ears on the bracket and the bolt member, saidears having bearings therein, a bearing sleeve in said bearings, a boltprojected through the hearing sleeves, a nut on the bolt, an angularsleeve on the plate adapted to receive said bolt member, said angularsleeve having an upwardly projecting ledge at its outer upper end behindwhich the bolt member is: prsiticned, and a spring held block securedt70 to the bolt member and normally engaging under the lower end of saidsleeve, substan tially as described.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY MERO'VICH.

lVitnesses C. H. EDMOND, \ViLLnui J. A. BUOKLEY.

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